/red/ Commie Car Thread

when i was in soviet china, the commies preferred big audis

whats a good 25+ year old comfy commie shit box?

preferably right at 91'

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>>16500533
Lada Niva

Pretty much the only commie shitbox that is still being made since 1977. They've changed a few things to fit with the rest of the west aswell, but surely you can find older models.

Also look-up Aro. May be rarer and expensiver, but heard they were pretty solid.

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>>16500533
propably a Favorit should'nt be a very problematic car

but it depends what do you expect from a car

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>>16500615
Ayy, I still see a Favorit every once in a while on the street, even the pickup version.

>>16500533
You can also find Yugos for probably a decent price but most likely you'll have to import it from Serbia, although they did have a pretty nice export, Yugos being sold even in the US.

>>16500604
>Niva
>comfy

Niva is rough as shit bruh

>>16500604
>>16500839
I was about to say, isn't there a Lada coupe or sedan that would be more comfy?

>>16500498
>china
>commie

these people are about as far from commie as is possible to be

>>16500837
that's not a 1.1 btw
it just has the American market alloys

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>>16500845

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>>16500533
1974 GAZ-24

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>>16500917
don't forget classic soviet mods for maximum comfy

>>16500997
Where can I get one of those shift knobs?

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>>16500845
The only pre-91 soviet coupe you can get is the 2108, which is more or less a crap version of a 3rd gen civic.

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>tfw no lada with S13 underbody swap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jks9ZF-YS0I

here's a VAZ

>>16501021
You have to find someone in Russia or Ukraine to buy and ship one to you.

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>>16500917
Fun fact: it's easier to find a Gaz-21 in good condition than a Gaz-24 even though the latter was produced for twice as long and in higher quantities.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvBhMHZxFRQ

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>>16501089
We don't really have them nowdays. I mean there are some worn out i see once in a while, but you can't just go to the car shop and buy them.
Ausies do cool knobs with spiders in them. You can find them on ebay.

>>16501021
http://www.ebay.com/itm/OLD-LUCITE-CAR-AUTO-SHIFT-KNOB-GEAR-SHIFTER-FLOWER-/292001796424?hash=item43fca9d148:g:HAsAAOSwOyJX35wz&vxp=mtr

Looking at the 2016 niva as a dd
y/n?

>>16503856
Who are you trying to trick here, Ivan? Only russians call it Niva. Everybody else call them Lada 4x4

>>16500997
Make it yourself, comrad'.

>>16504055
>>16501021
Shit, wrong reply.

>>16500837

DO NOT buy yugo if you don't live in the balkans, just don't, they will all be shit and need repairs and you'll have to buy parts that are impossible to find

>>16503856
don't
As much as I like niva myself, it's a terrible car for the road. Suspension is very bad

>>16503700
A few are still made for retrofags, and it's not impossible to get genuine Soviet ones at flea markets.

http://restoshop.com.ua/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=215
http://www.avtoall.ru/ruchka_na_rychag_kpp_dekorativnaya__roza_-092744/

>>16504223
Also it has fuck all for safety (no belt tensioners, no airbags, no crumple zones, no ABS or traction control), on a highway it's pretty much the most unsafe commie car you can get - even Yugo is better since it doesn't roll that easily.

>>16504323

I think the new ones do have those things

at least the new urban edition

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>>16504223
>>16504323
Why are you talking about Niva like it supposed to stay stock?
Only old russian grandpa would drive stock niva, everybody else buy them as a base for offroad tuning.

>>16504327
new one has abs and maybe airbags — that's it. Body is incredibly rigid for compression and incredibly weak for twisting, it just doesn't work.

Why would you want it anyway? I understand it's aesthetically pleasing and kinda retro, but it's still sadly shit.

Anyway, where are you from?

>>16504342
Because he wants to buy it for a DD, idiot.

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who else /zapo/ in here?
>>16500498
Deng Xiaoping betrayed the revolution and the people to the imperialists and capitalists tho
>>16500997
That shift knob looks legitimately nice, although a bit decadent.

>>16504356
Then you are calling an idiot the wrong man .

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>>16501133
21s with the deer on the hood are rarities though.
Sadly.

>>16504327
>>16504350
They finally got ABS and front seatbelt tensioners somewhere around 2010. Airbags are still considered a bourgeois excess, and nothing can fix shit stability and ancient body design that doesn't take accidents into account.

>>16504390
The deer is like 100-200 bucks

>>16504358
that's just a fiat, bro

>>16504468
>implying Fiats aren't honorary commiemobiles
The Riva is a Fiat too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAjOKVd6Dws

>>16503674
>rallying with a column lever
wew comrads

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>>16503869

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Have any of you comrads played this?

>>16511275
>usdm explorer
>jdm mark 2
true freedom land

>>16510473
Yes, the mud physics are fucking ridiculous

>>16511586
>pick route
>rainy
May the Party have mercy on your soul and on the soapbars that you call "wheels"

>>16500604
ARO?
LOL!
Just no!

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>>16511680
Why not?

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>>16504313
>http://www.avtoall.ru/ruchka_na_rychag_kpp_dekorativnaya__roza_-092744/

>>16500837
Shame we bombed them...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7_w8UZn-PU

F U C K N A T O

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>>16510473
yeah it was really good until the dev decided that mud was actually lube and now the car slides around like a greased sardine in a bucketd full of jelly rendering it almost unplayable.

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>>16512029
AYYY

>>16504313
Is there any sites in English for shit old Russian car parts?

>>16512040
http://www.ladaniva.co.uk/baxter/topten.htm
Just mostly Lada Niva parts

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>>16512037

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>>16512037
Very nice.
I plan to buy one in UK.
What to look for when buying one?

Is the meme that commie cars are indestructible true?

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>>16512056
Holy shit, as I Niva owner I thought I had been through that website fully at least twice but never noticed that page!

>ywn make a trip through russia, china, and eastern europe buying cheap shitboxes to send home.

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>>16512075
Indestructible with correct maintenance and correct spares. Sadly even in Western countries that falls short and a poor reputation is made.

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suck me commies.enjoy your ridiculous pieces of shit.
2.5 I6 reporting in (pretty much a hypercar for commies)

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Is there an Equivalent of Ebay in Russia that has a nice English button so I can understand the site and I can browse and buy odd gearshift knobs and other odd vintage Lada accessories?

>>16511966
>cruisin on empty road
>look in mirror
>see this
wat do?

>>16512117
kys

>>16512082
I want to give this a whirl.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-soviet-autos-idUSKCN0ZV1L8

>tfw u don't own a articulated car transporter or have enough spare time.

>>16511966
Looks like a muddy elephant.

>>16512135
>>16512135
There are equivalents of craigslist, but not ebay, difference is you can't set up a delivery to your country

Not sure about a nice English button though

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>>16512145
jump off a roof you commie shitbox loving idiot.

>>16512117
piss off

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THIS IS NOW OFFICIALLY A GERMAN QUALITY APPRECIATION THREAD

>>16512075
They aren't, with some exceptions like Gaz-66 (that one can literally be set on fire and still run afterwards). But they are easier to fix, since they're simple, and also up until the late 70s the USSR had no car service facilities available to the public, so cars were made with DIY repair in mind.

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COMMIE CARS ARE SHITE

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>>16512172
SHITE

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>>16512157
>>16512117
>>16512185
>>16512178

Hello again you attention seeking little cunt.
Mummy needs to use the PC now so can you hop off and play outside?
As a parting gift of you going away, here are some free yous.
(You)
(You)
(You)

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GERMANY
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>>16512194
no. your mom is waiting for me though.
SOVIET CARS SHITE

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>>16512196
VAG
A
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>>16512075
The Trabant's body is pretty much indestructible, it was designed that way to stick it to the capitalistic planned obsolecence.
Too bad the rest of the car is quite perishable.

>>16512200
nice

>>16500483

Wartburg exhaust, pretty sweet.

https://youtu.be/y2jEgSU4h8c

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>>16512212
WHY MY BIMMER BREAK?! IT NOT BUILT LIKE TANK, COMRADE.

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>>16512135
There are quite a few Eastern European and Russian sellers on ebay.

Russia-specific sites have no English interface because why would they? Of all the people who don't speak Russian in Russia, far more speak Chinese or Ukrainian than English.
And if you want to buy from abroad, you'll have to negotiate it with the seller personally, most of them only want to deal locally (since Russian postal service is absolutely awful, and also too many scammers)

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Has anyone got any pics of aesthetic Soviet shift knobs in-situ?

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>>16512241
COMRADE BIMMER COMFORTABLE BIMMER NO RATTLE DRIVE VERY NICE IS NOT FOR PEASANTS MORE MONEY MORE COMFORT COMRADE

>>16512249
Thanks for the info.

>>16504223
>Suspension is very bad

What's wrong with suspension on Niva?

Nothing.

Front is nice double wishbone with forged arms, rear is 5 link with ton of travel.

Shittiest part of Niva are transfer case mounts, front diff mounts and resulting vibrations. Really kills the car.

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>>16512255
BUT I CAN'T DRIVE WITH DRINK OR TRANSPORT MY BLIN

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what's with the retard spamming bimmers itt?

>>16512270

Show us headliner.

>>16512262
>What's wrong with suspension on Niva?
Get it above 60 mph and you'll be driving on jell-o

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>>16512276
>headliner

It's an autotragic vert, sorry bud but I got genuine panel bubble. I did get the soft top replaced though

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It's a shame such a nice thread is being murdered by some cap spamming kid who doesn't like other people enjoying something he doesn't like.
>>16512262
I agree.
There is a nice re-enforcing basket for sale on LadaPower for the transfer case, shall I buy? I've re-adjusted the play in the case and now the vibes are almost nothing now, a bit funny in 2nd but that's it. - Ultimate DIY car!
Is 2nd a bit jivey on anyone elses Niva?
>>16512276
MLP stickers one the sun visor? That BMW is a ultimate cringe thread.

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Anyone know something about this car?

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>>16512293
that was a benz

>>16512293
don't reply to the b8, kid is just bumping as far as i'm concerned

>>16512283

No, front is stiff as fuck, drives really nice on road.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=licute+shift+knob&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xsoviet+shift+knob.TRS0&_nkw=soviet+shift+knob&_sacat=0


phwooorrrr!

>>16512262
No dude for real it's bad

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>>16512293
>MLP sticker
It has an /osg/ sticker for max cringe
Thank god I'm getting rid of it for a 240sx, it's too heavy

>>16512283
Got to 60mph today on a crap road and shit was very very fun.
Then at 60 I got overtaken by a beaten up pickup full of scrap metal, it was like mad max yokel edition.

Actually it would be interesting to start exporting some cars in good condition to Europe and US, shit's expensive though

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>>16512293
It's also ironic because these old black BMWs are a telltale sign of a tracksuit-wearing gangsta wannabe in Russia.

>>16512300
Is that thread still alive?

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>>16512063
Is that OC, senpai?

>>16512168
Yes, German Quality Appreciation Thread.
Except the true german.
The east german.

>>16512326
Indeed, usually in a horrible state of disrepair ready to split in two pieces come next crash. Pretty convinced writeoffs and accident damaged are sent to East Europe fixed up and driven there!

>>16512326
wannabes go for that, meanwhile...

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>>16512344
shit forgot pic

>>16512300
>>16419080

>>16512325
>shit's expensive though
it actually isn't. its less than 1500$ (port to port, RORO) for a single car and the cost per car goes down the more you ship. the problem lies in arranging buyers and sellers on either end and people getting the kinds of cars they want in the condition they want.

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>>16512299
Gaz-24-95, essentially a Volga body mounted on Uaz-469 chassis. Only a few made, never put into mass production due to noise and general comfort issues. Two cars survive, one at the Gaz plant and one in a private collection.

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Hey y'all, anyone can modify this to a Trabant version?

>>16512369
>>16512200
i honestly think a Subaru Justy drivetrain and engine swap on the Trabant would be a cool project.

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>>16512351
>5'5"

I thought he was taller and the Niva was a bit larger IRL

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>>16512392
Agreed.
But the 2 stroke makes it have so much character.

>>16512392
Hardly saw Subarus around, let alone Justys. I thought of doing it with a Polo or Lupo, but Volkswagen engines don't sound as good.

>>16512397
Holy shit.
SPG-9 ultimate accessory/road-rage solver.
>>16512400
The really late Trabs had a 1.1l engine from a polo from factory.
It was rather nice.

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>>16512391
I can try, if this thread is alive by tommorow I'll post it. Do you want Chaika in it too?
Here's the Datsun version I made for /ddt/

>>16512380
where are you from?

>>16512399

Traburg swap is quite popular - Trabant with 3cyl 2stroker from Wartburg.

More power yet you still get 2 stroke sound.

https://youtu.be/oYh2ODGoWfg?t=10

>>16512416
>Trabant bed with Robotron computer on the desk
>Chaika bed with a plushie GAZ deer and soviet flag on the wall

>>16512416
or a Niva?
>>16512429
Wartburg engines are things of beauty, I get very autistic around them.

>>16512424
Seattle/Tacoma

>>16512416
You can add it around if you wish, maybe in one of the pictures on the wall. Or whatever you can think of that looks good actually.

>>16512414
Yeah 1.1 were built with Polo engines, same as late Wartburgs. I'd get a 1.1 if I had the change, but revert the aesthetics back to the 601 (front grill, backlights) as they were more pleasing.

>>16512429
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82L2BedOY_s
I can disregard the smoke and keep the original 2-stroke. Love it's sound. Sucks it's air-cooled though and probably emissions will be a pain.

>>16512433
Wait what?

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>>16512384
/o/'s dream Soviet car would probably be Gaz-24-24

>almost indistinguishable from a regular Gaz-24
>3 pedals and fake manual gear shifter
>actually 5.5L 200hp veeyate with 3spd automatic

>>16512400
i was thinking you could pull it off with any of the Jap AWD/4x4 Kei cars. most of them have engines ~1.3L which is as big as i'd go.

>>16512457
dat soviet A E S TH E T I C too

My dad worked at ZIL factory, designed rear lights for some of the manufactured cars, mb chaika too

>>16512457

V8 from gaz66 truck is popular swap.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4DTtSGNokw

>>16512480
Your dad must be a good slav then. Much respect, buy him some vodka

>>16512489
>ancient, heavy V8 that makes only 125hp and gets like 8 mpg
why

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>>16512480

>>16512320
That's not an /osg/ sticker

>>16512871
>notori

Once his shop is dead it ain't

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Anyone knows where i can get "Melkus RS 1000"?Did they exported them anywhere?!

>>16512981
>40+ years old
>101 made in total

It's a collector's item, so your best bet is keeping an eye on German auctions and craigslist type ads.

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>>16512981
Buy an Aquila instead

>>16500483
http://boston.craigslist.org/bmw/ctd/5951602970.html

goddamn that price tag

>>16513435
Well, in Russia we have people selling old US land barges for 10 times the price, so it works both ways.

>>16504216
Isn't the Yugo literally a retooled Fiat 127? I reckon you could always order Fiat parts, or if you really want to, order the parts from across the globe. According to another thread, only a few hundred Yugos exist in the USA, so if I had one, I'd do whatever it takes to get the replacement parts. There are more pigfat boomercars on the road than Yugos, I reckon a Yugo rolling up in those car shows will turn a few heads.

>>16504468
Literally ALL Eastern Bloc vehicles are Fiats.

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>>16512010
>Some criticized the NATO intervention as a political diversionary tactic, coming as it did on the heels of the Monica Lewinsky scandal, pointing to the fact that coverage of the bombing directly replaced coverage of the scandal in American news cycles.

>you will never live in a country that's so buttmad about having sex that you have to attack a defenseless manufacturing facility

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>>16513761
It's the otherway around.

>>16511966
banya

>>16515366
more like gaswagen

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My passed grandpa's žhiguli
Has only done 32k Km from 1983.

i was planing to replace the break lines in spring and drive it during summer.

>>16512981
Just buy any VW Beetle sports kit car. Roughly the same build quality and power output.

>tfw my family had all sorts of red cars throughout the years in East Germany, from Trabants and Wartburgs to Skodas, Moskvitchs and Zaporozhets
I should ask about them more. Sadly they've all been sold. Gramps loves to tell me stories about how he tackled snowy hills in his rear engined Zapo while the Trabants had to go up in reverse with the co-driver sitting on the hood.

>>16516645
get rid of those suicide jacks, bruh

>>16512253
what car is that?

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>>16517140
Wartburg 1.3

>>16517176
thats one good looking compact. Shame that modern small cars cant be this well proportioned.

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burp

>>16500483

TFW no trabant.

i got outbidded on a MINT trabant at an auction recently. a blue one with brown interior. the auction winner bought it because he wanted the interior. he literally sent the rest of the car to the dump

i'm still mad.

i WILL own a trabant. just havent found the right one yet

Communist production automobiles may actually be the worst vehicles ever created

>>16517829
GO GET IT FROM THE DUMP DAMNIT.

>>16517964
Many thanks for your input. You may close the window now.

Don't worry it got destroyed the same day i took the picture. Piece of shit got stuck.

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This might be the best place for me to ask this hypothetical question. Pic somewhat related, this episode is what inspired me to ask this question.

Let's pretend that there was some undocumented eastern bloc country that didn't rely on the Soviet Union for technology and cars, so they had to build their own car. Let's say, a three wheeler that's essentially a motorcycle that can seat two and has a bed on the back, and this base is arbitrarily modified to seat four (making the back passengers sit outside and face rearward ala Subaru Brat).

In order to keep production costs as low as possible and in order to keep production as quick and efficient as possible, what kind of engine would they go for? Would the communists have the technology or know-how to build a Wankel engine, or would a standard cylinder engine be all they could make? What about fuel, should it be powered by petrol, or more bizarre combustibles like kerosene or alcohol? I just want to know to what extent would communist engineers go to make a basic vehicle powered by a fuel source that would be most abundant to them.

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Page 8 bump dang it.

>>16504390
>linoleum on the floor

couldn't be more russian

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>>16521214
>german
It might not be a car, but it is as (east) german as it gets: Simson S51
>indestructable 2 stroke engine
>1,8-2,5L/100km or 120-235 mpg
>70km/h+
>always start, even without battery

>>16520095
They'd use a two stroke air cooled engine of some sort.

>>16520095
It would be a rotor controlled 2 cylinder inline 2 stroke engine with air cooling.
A Wankel would have been way to complex for the commies, except DDR.
They actualy build a prototype of a wankel-motorcycle...

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>>16512262
They redesigned the hubs, driveshafts, wheel bearings and made some changes to the transfer case when the Niva became the Taiga 2 or 3 years ago to improve vibrations and noise.

The sills were also modified for some reason, as well as rust protection on export spec cars. And there's a 5-speed, ABS and Euro6.

Wish I could justify ordering one right now, but they'll have to keep production going for another year so I can get mine then...

>>16513752
>a Fiat 127
no the wheel track is wider than a 128 and the wheel base is shorter than the 127

the 1100 cc sohc is the most widely made globally
with the 1300 cc sohc and efi being nearly the most rare

>stock tire size
135/80-13 1714 -early
145/80-13 1765 -903
155/75-13 1765 -1100 and 1300
165/70-13 1765 -1600

>stock wheel sizes
r13x4.0j et 35 -fiat 127
r13x4.5j et 35 -1100 and 903
r13x5.0j et 30 -1300
r13x5.5j et 7 -abarth

>modified tire size
165/65-13 1708
5.0Jx13 ET48

165/60-14 1740
6.0Jx14 ET38

175/65-13 1752
13x6.0j et 20

185/55-15 1837
15x5.5j et 35

when it comes to the engine the zastava made parts are incompatible with fiat spares and often zastava oem spares this is due to poor quality control
so unless you are drowning in old fiat spares or live in Belgrade an engine swap is a must
how ever given how short the wheel base is it pays not to go over 1.6 l engine due to weight balance

if you want to stay Italian and have the cash
1.6 .mpi 835.A1.000 (bravo)
1.6 i.e. 149.C2.046 (tipo)
2.0 i.e. 160A8.046 (coupe)

or for the sake of availability
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fully_Integrated_Robotised_Engine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_ZR_engine

>imposable to get
dash pod
dash board
oem stereo
door skins and panel covers
rear speaker trays and rear dash panel

rear seat
lock indicator
steering wheel (127 and ritmo)
body panels and window glass
bumper and side skirts
chin spoiler
deck lid spoiler
1984 to 1989 style hub caps

>a little harder to get
13x4.5j steel wheels
side indicator (dome type is rare)
rear and front indicator lamps (clear after market versions exist)

>pillage fiat made between 1950 and 1980 look for steel items
13x4.5j steel wheels (128-127)
smokers window (128-127)
window regulator (128)
window winder (Bertone X1/9-128-127-126-125-124-500R)
Inner Door Opening Handle (124ns-125-127-128-131-132)
external door handle (128-127)

>>16522783
wew lad

>mfw I bought a Warburg for around 120 bucks to fool around with
money well spent

>>16523126
fire and passion bby that's what it takes to keep a Fiat running

>fire as in the engine and wiring loom are on fire
>passion as in you will suffer every moment

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Dang saw a 601 near the townhall today. I still see it every now and then in around the same place, it's not well maintained aspect-wise, but if the guy drives it probably it's good enough.

There is also another 601 that has been parked for a while in another neighbourhood. If I see either of the owners, I might hit them with an offer.

Still wish I could get me a nice P50.

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>>16522783
So it seems like the impossible to find Yugo parts are mostly proprietary parts, like the dashboard and speaker trays. As far as I know, most Yugos in the USA are 'fine' in those regards, and most often suffered from engine failure due to ignoring timing belt replacements, dumping in 0w30 instead of the required 20w50 (why does it need oil this thick), and putting in gas that didn't have enough octane, in addition to the shoddy build quality.

That said, I hear an X1/9 engine swap is common and possibly the most feasible way to make a dead Yugo running again. Would the engine be small enough to allow the spare to sit where it belongs? I don't know where to put the spare if the spare bay is unusable, sure as hell don't want the tire to dirty up the rear carpet. I also heard that the stock suspension is terrible, and thankfully can be replaced with aftermarket parts to give it a smoother ride with better grip. So would it be worth finding a 'dead' Yugo and dropping a Fiat engine in it?

>>16500997
Shift knob looks like a stack of pancakes. Suddenly hungry. What is it exactly? Like, what's inside the knob?

how many commie cars are available in the US other than a Yugo? speaking of the Yugo, there's 2 for sale on my craigslist for $1k each. are they worth that much?

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>>16526118
If they're running, then get one. A running Yugo is rare to find, the only Yugos I can find near me is a group of 7 non-running ones sitting in some guy's yard.

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>>16526118
The US got the Skoda Felicia in 1959, making it the first car from a communist country to be sold in the US; the Yugo would be the second.

>>16512244
>""""""""no""""""""

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>>16525217
>Would the engine be small enough to allow the spare
yes so long as the carburettor is not longer than the head or deeper than the front edge of the shock tower uprights

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>>16525217
>I also heard that the stock suspension is terrible

it works better off road and with about 20 kg in the boot
bear in mind some of the figures for stock 55A with 128A.064

recomended tire pressure in lbf/in2
Front 23
Rear 26

carrying capacity
5 persons + 110 lbs
1 person + 730 lbs

>and thankfully can be replaced with aftermarket parts to give it a smoother ride with better grip
I can post some of the bodges if you want
its mosty hybrid build of x1/9 and 127 abarth parts
also a few add ons to fix problems with the sway bar and leaf spring aragement

but be carefull what you do lest you drop in a pot hole
some people say the weight of the yugo combined with its long travel soft suspension is a down side
but it does help it handle rougth roads and soak up bumps very well

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just remember there are many paths
don't think it has to be one way or solved quickly
you might give up to easy or worse yet do what it wanted rather than what is needed

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>>16526118
If it's in running condition (not necessary roadworthy) I'd say go get one. If you have an extra buck to drop you can buy another to use as parts donor.

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>page 8

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this is the cutest thread

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dad's old shitbox, about 10 years ago
I kinda miss it

>>16530452
I kinda wish my dad would've kept at least one of his old shitboxes.

Damn do I miss every car he had.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaUhR9bYqGY

I want to do this

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>>16530711
Spotted one of this beauties a few weeks ago.
Pic related. Too bad is in pretty poor condition, but I think it's running.

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Family's old ZAZ-966, we reanimate it every time we visit and drive it through the commie-garage complex.

>>16512075

depends on what do you mean by indestructible

Easy to repair would be better said

The other option is expendable cars, see early Yugo (later it started becoming better but the factory never got it's shit together)

>>16530905
Some guy in cali was selling a white 74 for $10,000

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>>16531159
There was a guy selling a white M21 here too for 1,000 eurobucks.

Shame I wasn't quick enough.

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Saved this recently, thought I should post it. So here it is.

>>16531594
>slav hachiroku

kek

So suppose you had to assemble a racing team comprising of the best that the Eastern Bloc had to offer, what cars would you use? What customizations would these vehicles undergo?

>>16531594
Ivanovich Stroganoff Shop

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>>16533123
lotus lada, the old rwd rear engined skoda rapid, maybe a moskvitch aleko

Were there any commie sportscars? Did they race?

>>16535386
>Were there any commie sportscars?
Only verry few modified Trabants for rally, but the where not verry sucessfull.
The commies had troubble to supply even basic things, even in the DDR, wich was considered the best "economy", you had to wait about 10 years for a Trabant 601.

>>16535386
FSO had a rally car
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FSO_Polonez_2000_Rally

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>>16535386
There were, but extremely few were capable of competing outside the eastern bloc.

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>>16533123
There were a few old Dacia's made for rallys back when Romanian Socialist Republic was a thing.

Although considering we are talking about Dacia, I don't think we can talk about a commie-car. Most likely Renault 12 modified to look different and eventually fit the eastern bloc's standards.